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#POLICESCOTLAND

Police Scotland have apologised after a diversion for a #Cop26 event in Glasgow forced women to make their way through an unlit park.

@Eilidhlawrence tweeted: “I was caught up in this. I was blocked access by police to bf's flat in the dark and only managed to meet up with him amongst the closures with the help of fellow Glaswegians. By the time we got back via the diversions, we weren't even allowed back in the way he'd come to get me.”

@dankennick wrote: “If it were my [wife] she'd have kicked up such a fuss they would’ve arrested her and/ or driven her home. Bloody out of order, surely those who plan such should have created safe alternative routes.”

@maracreematthew tweeted: “An apology here is actually not good enough. In light of recent events, causing anyone to walk in a park alone, let alone a woman, is a shambles.”

@1904irrelevants added: “So odd… @Policescotland and @Nicolasturgeon have so been about women’s safety and rights of late. This really doesn’t seem like them.”

@Mrcellophane 121 added: “‘They don't care about ordinary women's safety’. Too true. Because they don't care about ordinary people at all. We live in a world that only cares for people if they are rich and famous, otherwise we're considered worthless and expendable.”

# COP26

World leaders from more than 100 countries at COP26 have promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 in a landmark agreement.

@wolfy_999 wrote: “As long as we eat beef deforestation of our forests will continue. It’s the one big thing we can all do as individuals – give up meat for the sake of our planet and animals. There are so many plant proteinbased meat substitutes and healthier vegan options in the shops now.”

@includedthird added: “Why not fine those corporations that finance logging, over-fishing and pollution so money can be put back into sustainable projects? Set the example, and others will follow!”

@westrowhendo wrote: “So now our Government is lecturing poor countries about deforestation while still allowing our own biodiverse, carbon sink peat bogs to be dug up for potting compost.”